The other night I was listening to a friend talk about each person’s unique prayer closet. Each person’s place of intimacy with the Lord, the secret place. The fruit of this time, she called “times of refreshing.” This is not prayer to make your requests known to God, but prayer in the Spirit, aligning your heart and your spirit with the Father’s. She talked about how, “if you are not praying, you are fainting.” No refreshing means you will wither, you will tire, you will fail. The prayer closet is how real growth… Read More

In January of this year, our daughter Katy suddenly went home to Heaven. I have described that moment in another blog, but as the year has progressed I have learned more from it. The most difficult thing to communicate about the moment was a suddenly, a flash when, even though Katy had passed before we entered her room, it seemed I was actually there as she exhaled her last breath here and then I got to participate with her as she inhaled her first breath there. And I too breathed in the… Read More

Some years ago the Lord suddenly presented me with an image that helps me understand how He sees time.  He showed me Himself (as a bottle of water) wrapped in a double helix, with one strand representing past and the other representing future.  He is in the center and touches on all points along the line at once.  Every moment, which to us represents past, present and future, is to Him – now.  Right now.  He is “I Am”. When the Lord shows you something like this it can seem random.  But,… Read More

When I gaze into Jesus’ eyes I become like HIM. Just like Jesus chose to die to Himself for us, Katy’s death also caused me to have to die to my desires and my way. Biblical Principle: What I gaze upon I become. This is very important for us in a time when everything in the media is trying to convince you to be afraid. Do you know the story of Jacob and the spotted & speckled sheep?  After years of being cheated of his wages by his shifty father-in-law (FIL), Jacob cuts… Read More